AMERICANS FOR THE ARTS RELEASES LOCAL AND COMPARATIVE DATA FROM ARTS & ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDY

AMERICANS FOR THE ARTS RELEASES LOCAL AND COMPARATIVE DATA FROM ARTS & ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDY Over One Billion Dollars in Economic Activity Generated by Nonprofit Arts in Chicago, Greater Philadelphia, San Francisco, and Greater Washington, DC Area Comparative Regions Show a 50% Increase in Economic Activity Since Last Study Five Years Ago CHICAGO, IL June 6, 2007 At a press conference at the Chicago Cultural Center, Americans for the Arts announced today the local and comparative results from its Arts & Economic Prosperity III, the most comprehensive economic impact study of the nonprofit arts and culture industry ever conducted in the United States. Data from 156 communities and regions, representing all 50 states, reveals that the nonprofit arts industry generates over one billion dollars of organization and audience expenditures in Chicago, the Greater Philadelphia area, San Francisco, and the Greater Washington, DC area. (The two largest U.S. cities, New York and Los Angeles, each with more than $1 billion in organizational expenditures, were excluded from this study to avoid inflating the national estimates.) Twenty-five regions participated in this study and the previous study five years ago. Comparative data from these communities show an average increase of: 58 percent in organization expenditures, 50 percent increase in audience expenditures, and 50 percent in overall economic activity. Four regions: Mesa, AZ, Miami-Dade, FL, Boise, ID, and Newark, NJ, had increases of over 100 percent in economic activity since the last study. The regions that participated in both studies are as follows: Anchorage, AK Walnut Creek, CA St. Cloud, MN Homer, AK Boulder, CO St. Louis, MO Dover, DE Fort Collins, CO Forsyth, NC Chandler, AZ Broward, FL Portsmouth, NH/ME Mesa, AZ Miami-Dade County, FL Newark, NJ Phoenix, AZ Boise, ID Westchester County, NY Tempe, AZ Indianapolis, IN Columbus/Franklin County, OH Glendale, CA Minneapolis, MN Erie County, PA Lehigh Valley, PA

What the local and comparative data shows is that not only are the arts a formidable business industry, it is a growth industry as well, stated Robert L. Lynch, president and CEO of Americans for the Arts. These cities continued investment in the arts brought world-class museum exhibitions and extraordinary live performances to their audiences and revitalized communities. Throughout the country, the arts are a leader in economic development. Nationwide, the Arts & Economic Prosperity III reveals that the nonprofit arts industry produces $166.2 billion in economic activity every year, resulting in $29.6 billion in federal, state, and local tax revenues. In addition, it generates the following: 5.7 million full-time equivalent jobs and $104.2 billion in resident household income. Following is information on the economic impact of the arts for each of the 156 participating communities. The Arts & Economic Prosperity III study shows that nonprofits arts support more jobs than there are accountants and auditors, public safety officers, and even lawyers, and just slightly fewer than elementary school teachers. Spending by nonprofit arts and culture organizations provide rewarding employment for more than just artists, curators, and musicians but they also directly support builders, plumbers, accountants, printers, and an array of other occupations. This study documents the economic impact of the nonprofit arts and culture industry in 156 communities and regions (116 cities and counties, 35 multi-county regions, and 5 states), representing all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The diverse communities range in population (4,000 3,000,000) and type (rural to urban). Researchers collected detailed expenditure and attendance data from 6,080 nonprofit arts and culture organizations and 94,478 of their attendees to measure total industry spending. The project economists from the Georgia Institute of Technology customized input-output analysis models for each study region to provide specific and reliable economic impact data. The Arts & Economic Prosperity III study was conducted by Americans for the Arts and supported by the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, and The Ruth Lilly Fund of Americans for the Arts. Americans for the Arts local and statewide project partners contributed both time and financial support to the study. The full text of the report is available at www.americansforthearts.org/economicimpact. Americans for the Arts is the leading nonprofit organization for advancing the arts in America. With offices in Washington, DC, and New York City, it has a record of more than 45 years of service. Americans for the Arts is dedicated to representing and serving local communities and creating opportunities for every American to participate in and appreciate all forms of the arts. Additional information is available at www.americansforthearts.org.

Summary Findings for 156 Partner Communities State Study Region Population Organization Expenditures + Audience Expenditures = Total Expenditures National Estimate of Economic Impact $63.1 billion $103.1 billion $166.2 billion AK City of Homer 5,364 $1,248,208 $1,405,193 $2,653,401 AK City of Anchorage 275,043 $27,909,051 $17,246,202 $45,155,253 AL Jefferson County 657,229 $61,454,822 $63,993,015 $125,447,837 AL Greater Birmingham 1,634,707 $68,141,392 $68,306,654 $136,448,046 AR Northwest Arkansas 367,295 $10,062,069 $6,148,305 $16,210,374 AZ City of Tempe 161,143 $26,731,893 $1,256,763 $27,988,656 AZ City of Chandler 234,939 $1,906,267 $5,215,164 $7,121,431 AZ City of Mesa 442,780 $29,276,410 $18,296,619 $47,573,029 AZ Pima County 924,786 $28,801,589 $28,740,607 $57,542,196 AZ City of Phoenix 1,461,575 $133,013,296 $228,033,167 $361,046,463 AZ East Maricopa County 838,862 $57,914,570 $24,772,704 $82,687,274 CA City of Laguna Beach 24,127 $22,955,503 $31,903,052 $54,858,555 CA City of Walnut Creek 64,196 $18,624,185 $37,581,797 $56,205,982 CA Humboldt County 128,376 $7,855,161 $8,242,570 $16,097,731 CA City of Fullerton 132,787 $60,399,446 $9,085,134 $69,484,580 CA City of Pasadena 143,731 $138,328,543 $41,763,835 $180,092,378 CA City of Glendale 200,065 $5,405,677 $7,084,902 $12,490,579 CA Santa Cruz County 249,666 $15,717,132 $16,292,040 $32,009,172 CA Santa Barbara County 400,762 $36,196,765 $41,403,715 $77,600,480 CA Sonoma County 466,477 $28,379,119 $31,924,927 $60,304,046 CA San Francisco 739,426 $459,701,497 $572,950,773 $1,032,652,270 CA Santa Clara County 1,699,052 $113,310,880 $53,192,860 $166,503,740 CA Riverside County 1,946,419 $41,073,193 $26,800,820 $67,874,013 CO Gunnison County 14,226 $1,086,908 $4,359,638 $5,446,546 CO City of Loveland 59,563 $5,122,439 $4,695,287 $9,817,726

CO City of Boulder 91,685 $10,373,358 $17,207,535 $27,580,893 CO City of Fort Collins 128,026 $5,326,585 $10,648,242 $15,974,827 CO City of Colorado Springs 369,815 $35,076,435 $59,620,160 $94,696,595 CT Greater Hartford 877,393 $144,806,388 $99,267,096 $244,073,484 DC District of Columbia 550,521 $627,840,077 $118,923,541 $746,763,618 DC/VA/MD Greater Washington 3,684,021 $1,210,408,146 $935,241,076 $2,145,649,222 DE City of Dover 34,288 $4,229,978 $1,514,770 $5,744,748 DE City of Wilmington 72,786 $42,959,197 $20,482,180 $63,441,377 DE State of Delaware 843,524 $100,393,885 $41,970,839 $142,364,724 FL City of Winter Park 28,179 $16,875,526 $18,567,495 $35,443,021 FL City of Miami Beach 87,925 $49,079,156 $79,186,677 $128,265,833 FL Bay County 161,558 $1,327,804 $1,856,657 $3,184,461 FL City of Orlando 213,223 $36,755,118 $58,720,328 $95,475,446 FL Alachua County 223,852 $22,199,470 $18,775,533 $40,975,003 FL City of Miami 386,417 $276,518,070 $297,776,721 $574,294,791 FL Pinellas County 928,032 $59,580,138 $100,129,427 $159,709,565 FL Orange County 1,023,023 $58,679,955 $81,894,524 $140,574,479 FL Palm Beach County 1,268,548 $87,347,096 $62,197,209 $149,544,305 FL Broward County 1,777,638 $66,651,930 $87,318,747 $153,970,677 FL Miami-Dade County 2,376,014 $420,103,077 $501,908,667 $922,011,744 FL Central Florida 3,497,472 $77,633,226 $87,678,874 $165,312,100 GA City of Savannah 128,453 $21,888,651 $24,743,875 $46,632,526 GA City of Atlanta 470,688 $113,938,814 $160,866,007 $274,804,821 HI Island of Maui 139,884 $11,615,033 $10,572,810 $22,187,843 IA Iowa Cultural Corridor 512,887 $31,777,183 $31,303,523 $63,080,706 ID City of Boise 193,161 $19,647,646 $18,376,411 $38,024,057 ID Wood River Valley 12,172 $3,578,570 $2,604,423 $6,182,993 IL Champaign County 184,905 $16,498,717 $8,654,148 $25,152,865 IL City of Chicago 2,842,518 $658,827,812 $432,952,855 $1,091,780,667 IN Saint Joseph County 266,160 $17,240,755 $13,236,739 $30,477,494 IN City of Indianapolis 784,118 $181,936,937 $286,903,247 $468,840,184 KS City of Salina 45,956 $11,907,597 $11,843,380 $23,750,977 KS Sedgwick County 466,061 $27,588,190 $21,556,618 $49,144,808 KY Louisville-Jefferson County 699,827 $107,025,328 $152,498,413 $259,523,741 LA Northwest Louisiana 569,974 $34,390,953 $55,380,381 $89,771,334

MA City of Pittsfield 43,860 $8,730,781 $8,300,532 $17,031,313 MD City of Baltimore 635,815 $154,505,135 $115,570,436 $270,075,571 MD Prince George's County 846,123 $10,756,105 $24,950,928 $35,707,033 MD Montgomery County 927,583 $51,647,384 $65,398,529 $117,045,913 ME City of Portland 63,889 $13,289,412 $15,354,455 $28,643,867 MI Kalamazoo County 240,536 $51,363,599 $17,361,284 $68,724,883 MN City of Saint Cloud 65,792 $3,379,448 $1,439,006 $4,818,454 MN City of Saint Paul 275,150 $184,100,469 $125,987,636 $310,088,105 MN City of Minneapolis 372,811 $233,345,767 $94,668,144 $328,013,911 MN North Central Minnesota 79,742 $589,246 $1,410,421 $1,999,667 MN Northwest Minnesota 87,313 $560,912 $744,729 $1,305,641 MN East Central Minnesota 157,444 $2,266,376 $6,090,369 $8,356,745 MN Minnesota Brainerd Lakes Region 159,868 $685,425 $335,026 $1,020,451 MN Minnesota Lake Region 216,306 $5,315,425 $8,231,472 $13,546,897 MN South Central Minnesota 225,211 $2,686,446 $6,196,826 $8,883,272 MN Southwest Minnesota 283,491 $1,095,259 $912,941 $2,008,200 MN Minnesota Arrowhead Region 322,193 $7,127,559 $23,966,426 $31,093,985 MN Washington and Chisago Counties 367,295 $1,501,679 $2,191,036 $3,692,715 MN Central Minnesota 373,641 $6,288,880 $2,674,870 $8,963,750 MN Southeast Minnesota 480,603 $6,862,136 $10,992,616 $17,854,752 MN Minnesota Twin Cities' Metro Region 2,746,987 $452,368,049 $267,136,805 $719,504,854 MN State of Minnesota 5,132,799 $485,845,713 $352,681,956 $838,527,669 MO City and County of St. Louis 1,349,028 $276,951,103 $284,258,446 $561,209,549 MO/KS Kansas City Metropolitan Region 1,609,434 $193,702,895 $85,625,136 $279,328,031 MS Lauderdale County 77,218 $940,435 $1,947,039 $2,887,474 MT City of Missoula 62,923 $12,012,169 $22,359,132 $34,371,301 NC Buncombe County 218,876 $16,757,152 $48,370,771 $65,127,923 NC Forsyth County 325,967 $55,656,631 $48,130,840 $103,787,471 NC Guilford County 443,519 $13,834,549 $16,896,928 $30,731,477 NC Wake County 748,815 $43,736,984 $62,025,896 $105,762,880 NC Mecklenburg County 796,372 $61,939,651 $96,020,123 $157,959,774 ND Greater Minot 78,817 $4,023,678 $4,539,462 $8,563,140 ND State of North Dakota 636,677 $46,728,731 $55,035,704 $101,764,435 ND/MN Fargo-Moorhead Region 184,857 $17,346,252 $23,969,353 $41,315,605

NE City of Lincoln 239,213 $20,784,825 $15,483,822 $36,268,647 NH/ME Portsmouth Seacoast Area 36,368 $12,656,169 $25,524,425 $38,180,594 NJ City of New Brunswick 50,156 $20,606,608 $15,968,028 $36,574,636 NJ City of Newark 280,666 $74,246,095 $103,410,306 $177,656,401 NM Doña Ana County 189,444 $2,022,595 $1,830,851 $3,853,446 NV Clark County 1,710,551 $69,656,627 $134,654,551 $204,311,178 NY Ulster County 182,693 $3,137,910 $838,505 $3,976,415 NY Orange County 372,893 $9,107,489 $7,022,104 $16,129,593 NY Monroe County 733,366 $133,602,465 $65,270,925 $198,873,390 NY Westchester County 940,807 $72,019,403 $47,856,516 $119,875,919 NY Suffolk County 1,474,927 $33,185,172 $20,813,501 $53,998,673 NY Greater Buffalo 1,147,711 $92,968,332 $62,325,702 $155,294,034 OH City of Mansfield 50,615 $4,251,562 $1,955,502 $6,207,064 OH Greater Columbus area 1,090,771 $149,647,317 $180,744,508 $330,391,825 OH/KY/IN Greater Cincinnati 1,940,545 $171,742,868 $108,113,845 $279,856,713 OK City of Tulsa 382,457 $3,289,985 $19,913,838 $23,203,823 OR Josephine County 80,761 $913,074 $1,894,672 $2,807,746 OR Greater Portland 1,523,690 $166,729,911 $151,534,107 $318,264,018 PA City of Lancaster 54,757 $9,819,873 $18,042,766 $27,862,639 PA Bradford County 62,537 $1,844,911 $2,059,477 $3,904,388 PA Somerset County 78,907 $975,410 $1,334,396 $2,309,806 PA Lackawanna County 209,525 $10,762,375 $6,246,988 $17,009,363 PA Erie County 280,446 $8,213,973 $6,688,309 $14,902,282 PA Luzerne County 312,861 $8,117,188 $8,088,241 $16,205,429 PA Allegheny County 1,235,841 $230,695,220 $110,867,640 $341,562,860 PA Philadelphia County 1,463,281 $603,024,745 $682,684,314 $1,285,709,059 PA Lehigh Valley 680,159 $68,599,918 $100,509,549 $169,109,467 PA Greater Harrisburg 1,546,753 $34,444,815 $27,670,193 $62,115,008 PA Greater Philadelphia 3,890,181 $644,672,957 $691,251,569 $1,335,924,526 PA State of Pennsylvania 12,429,616 $1,033,177,398 $960,994,522 $1,994,171,920 RI City of Providence 176,862 $40,626,610 $71,183,167 $111,809,777 SC Greater Columbia 575,350 $26,802,104 $29,453,402 $56,255,506 SD Black Hills Region 178,840 $22,670,258 $139,411,993 $162,082,251 TN Nashville-Davidson County 549,110 $130,174,511 $68,369,723 $198,544,234 TX City of Abilene 114,757 $5,488,972 $12,364,527 $17,853,499

TX City of Austin 690,252 $133,544,608 $138,150,328 $271,694,936 TX City of Houston 2,016,582 $270,036,564 $356,291,515 $626,328,079 UT Iron County 38,311 $9,168,580 $13,296,775 $22,465,355 VA City of Fairfax 21,963 $6,568,825 $4,684,909 $11,253,734 VA City of Alexandria 135,337 $13,641,881 $66,367,513 $80,009,394 VA Arlington County 195,965 $77,806,026 $7,485,611 $85,291,637 VA Fairfax County 1,006,529 $40,439,712 $37,305,884 $77,745,596 VT Windham County 44,143 $1,705,184 $1,873,009 $3,578,193 VT Greater Burlington area 149,613 $17,727,731 $9,165,266 $26,892,997 WA Bainbridge Island 21,951 $4,882,708 $3,778,825 $8,661,533 WA Whatcom County 183,471 $8,639,396 $5,463,163 $14,102,559 WA City of Tacoma 195,898 $18,896,260 $17,862,058 $36,758,318 WA City of Seattle 573,911 $211,450,053 $118,967,091 $330,417,144 WI Pierce County 39,102 $1,169,892 $2,264,949 $3,434,841 WI Polk County 44,329 $838,797 $1,620,388 $2,459,185 WI City of La Crosse 50,287 $1,308,924 $1,278,333 $2,587,257 WI City of Oshkosh 63,485 $3,133,175 $2,892,660 $6,025,835 WI St. Croix County 77,144 $3,330,942 $3,098,910 $6,429,852 WI Marathon County 128,941 $5,736,798 $4,029,995 $9,766,793 WI Dane County 458,106 $58,800,068 $52,202,493 $111,002,561 WI Milwaukee County 921,654 $145,305,887 $90,103,155 $235,409,042 WI Northeast Wisconsin 374,625 $5,755,072 $4,996,733 $10,751,805 WI Greater Milwaukee 1,968,951 $154,608,779 $95,111,405 $249,720,184 WI State of Wisconsin 5,536,201 $247,127,217 $170,928,569 $418,055,786 WI/MN St. Croix Valley Region 527,870 $6,841,310 $9,609,551 $16,450,861 WV City of Wheeling 29,639 $4,066,012 $4,286,001 $8,352,013 WY Teton County 19,032 $18,221,918 $47,378,418 $65,600,336 # # # Contact: Beth Olsen Goodman Media International for Americans for the Arts 212.576.2700 ext. 243 or bolsen@goodmanmedia.com